Damning watchdog report finds WA prisons ‘understaffed,overcrowded,breaching human rights standards’

Damning watchdog report finds WA prisons ‘understaffed,overcrowded,breaching human rights standards’

A scathing report by WA’s prisons watchdog has found the state’s prisons are struggling under the weight of understaffing and overcrowding,with increasingly poor conditions that were breaching human rights standards.

  • byJesinta Burton

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‘We’re glad to see the back of him’:Embattled Nicheliving director steps down from diplomat role
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Construction

‘We’re glad to see the back of him’:Embattled Nicheliving director steps down from diplomat role

One of two directors of embattled building company Nicheliving has resigned from his second role – a position highly involved with the state’s political elite.

  • byConnor McGoverne
As it happened:WA news on Wednesday,November 6

As it happened:WA news on Wednesday,November 6

Follow our live coverage here.

  • byHolly Thompson
WA’s new mega-marine park ‘misses the science’ in thwarted ambition:expert
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Marine life

WA’s new mega-marine park ‘misses the science’ in thwarted ambition:expert

This vast plan,which attracted 22,000 public comments,has had a fatal drop in protections at the final hour and will now never do what the government promises,an expert says.

  • byEmma Young
Three Things I Love:You’ll never guess what actor Kate Mulvany digs about Perth

Three Things I Love:You’ll never guess what actor Kate Mulvany digs about Perth

Kate Mulvany is acting on the world stage. But when she comes home to Western Australia,there are certain stops always on her agenda. She shares them here.

  • byEmma Young
Parents spend big to lock in a spot at WA’s most expensive schools

Parents spend big to lock in a spot at WA’s most expensive schools

All but two of the 12 Perth schools with the highest annual cost increased their enrolment fees this year – the most expensive now over $8000.

  • byHolly Thompson
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Instagram model’s Beaconsfield home bugged as police probed alleged murder
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Courts

Instagram model’s Beaconsfield home bugged as police probed alleged murder

The lengths police went to in trying to catch out accused killer Andre Rebelo were revealed in court on Tuesday as part of the 28-year-old’s murder trial.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
Grieving parents were not consulted during review into son’s death at Joondalup hospital
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Hospitals

Grieving parents were not consulted during review into son’s death at Joondalup hospital

Suzan Al Hulow and Ali Al-Khafaji’s baby son Amir died inside Al Hulow’s womb while in the care of the public hospital on March 22.

  • byHamish Hastie
Cook rules out MinRes money return despite ‘disappointing’ tax scandal

Cook rules out MinRes money return despite ‘disappointing’ tax scandal

Premier Roger Cook has expressed his disappointment,but stopped short of saying he’d hand back $9000 in donations the scandal-engulfed miner made to WA Labor.

  • byJesinta Burton
As it happened:WA news on Tuesday,November 5

As it happened:WA news on Tuesday,November 5

A bushfire threatening homes in Perth’s south has been contained and controlled,while in Perth’s north,ambulances sped to the scene of a diver in distress,but could not save her. Follow our live coverage here.

  • byEmma Young
Perth paedophile hauled back to court over donations to Save the Children
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Courts

Perth paedophile hauled back to court over donations to Save the Children

Notorious paedophile Bradley Pen Dragon has been released on bail after allegedly breaching his strict release conditions again.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt